ARE were awarded by Saudi Aramco, to provide professional services pertaining to Northern Area Pipeline Department, Southern Area Pipeline Department, East West Area Pipeline Department, Western Region Dist. Department in KSA. The objective of the project is to identify critical points during the operation phase and to suggest if necessary remedial actions in order to increase the availability. The detailed failure mode, effects and criticality analysis is suitable approach on equipment spare parts, documentation, maintenance procedures and related logistic arrangements. Control systems, equipment, rotating equipment (including their associated auxiliary components) shall be analysed (considering acceptable probability rate) to ensure that the reliability of the facility is not adversely impacted by the failure consequence of a given type of failure shall be an important factor for such an analysis. The RAM Study as a minimum shall identify:
- Optimum design configuration for each Design Case sensitivity with associated cost, where possible.
- Identification of areas for improvement with recommendations to mitigate issues.
- Sparing Philosophy.
- Maintenance strategy for Predictive, preventative and breakdown maintenance.
- Risk and criticality assessments.